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Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund (HYI) Competitors

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$12.00 -0.01 (-0.08%)
(As of 12/20/2024 04:33 PM ET)

HYI vs. AGD, AWP, THW, AVK, AWF, AFB, ARDC, BFZ, BHK, and HYT

Should you be buying Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund include Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (AGD), abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund (AWP), Abrdn World Healthcare Fund (THW), Advent Convertible and Income Fund (AVK), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund (AFB), Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund (ARDC), BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust (BFZ), BlackRock Core Bond Trust (BHK), and BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund (HYT). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund vs.

Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (NYSE:AGD) and Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund (NYSE:HYI) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and community ranking.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend FundN/A N/A N/A
Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund N/A N/A N/A

Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%.

In the previous week, Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund'saverage media sentiment score.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund$17.85MN/AN/AN/AN/A
Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund$24.01MN/AN/AN/AN/A

Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund received 28 more outperform votes than Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.85% of users gave Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund an outperform vote while only 62.79% of users gave Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend FundOutperform Votes
108
62.79%
Underperform Votes
64
37.21%
Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity FundOutperform Votes
136
63.85%
Underperform Votes
77
36.15%

Summary

Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund beats Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund on 3 of the 4 factors compared between the two stocks.

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HYI vs. The Competition

MetricWestern Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity FundAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market CapN/A$1.09B$3.73B$19.18B
Dividend Yield0.08%4.69%4.43%3.63%
P/E RatioN/A803.44418.7441.26
Price / SalesN/A1,454.431,744.9017.51
Price / CashN/A64.6052.5321.28
Price / BookN/A1.141.375.32
Net IncomeN/A$64.95M$361.47M$989.88M
7 Day Performance-1.64%-1.95%-1.62%-3.54%
1 Month Performance-1.32%-0.25%0.23%-4.73%
1 Year Performance0.38%7.21%9.87%11.57%

Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HYI
Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund
N/A$12.00
-0.1%
N/A+0.6%$0.00$24.01M0.00N/A
AGD
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund
N/A$10.09
+0.2%
N/A+5.1%$0.00$17.85M0.00N/A
AWP
abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund
N/A$4.12
flat
N/A+1.0%$0.00$-9,264,203.000.00N/APositive News
THW
Abrdn World Healthcare Fund
N/A$11.42
-1.0%
N/A-7.5%$0.00$94.49M0.00N/A
AVK
Advent Convertible and Income Fund
N/A$12.24
+0.1%
N/A+6.6%$0.00$40.96M0.00N/ANews Coverage
AWF
AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund
N/A$10.81
-0.5%
N/A+5.6%$0.00$152.17M0.00N/A
AFB
AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund
N/A$11.19
-1.0%
N/A+1.5%$0.00$5.80M0.00N/APositive News
ARDC
Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund
N/A$15.32
flat
N/A+11.7%$0.00$56.16M0.00N/A
BFZ
BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust
N/A$11.63
-0.2%
N/A-5.2%$0.00$12.86M0.00N/A
BHK
BlackRock Core Bond Trust
N/A$11.01
flat
N/A-3.1%$0.00$26.22M0.00N/APositive News
HYT
BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund
N/A$9.88
flat
N/A+4.1%$0.00$164.69M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
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